Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1335. The Crimson Farm (8)

After distributing the chili peppers, everyone rested for a while to regain some strength before setting off.

Just then, a series of dense "hoarse" sounds and heavy footsteps suddenly came from outside the warehouse, indicating that a large number of puppets were heading towards the warehouse.

Wen Yang's expression changed, and he immediately walked to the warehouse door. Looking out through the crack in the door, he saw a dark mass in the corridor, with at least a dozen puppets walking towards the warehouse. Their eyes gleamed with a murky light, clearly attracted by the scent on the people.

"Oh no! A group of puppets are coming!"

Wen Yang immediately closed the warehouse door and used a thick wooden stick to prop it shut behind the door.

"Quick! Everyone, find something to barricade the door! There are too many of these puppets; we can't get out!"

Everyone immediately sprang into action, carrying sacks and farm tools from the warehouse and piling them behind the door to firmly block it.

The sound of puppets banging against the door came from outside, the loud clanging and rattling shaking the entire warehouse. The wooden sticks and sacks behind the door were also shaking constantly, as if they might be smashed open at any moment.

"What should we do? There are too many of them!" Xiaoyu asked.

Lin Xi stood at the door, listening carefully to the sounds outside.

"Don't panic, the warehouse door is very sturdy, and we've used a lot of things to hold it open, so they won't be able to break it open anytime soon. These puppets move by scent, so we can use chili peppers to drive them away. Everyone, take out your chili powder, and when I yell 'open the door,' everyone throw out the chili powder!"

Everyone immediately took out the prepared chili powder and got ready.

Lin Xi took a deep breath and nodded to Wen Yang.

"Wen Yang, you and I will open the door a crack, and the rest of you get ready to sprinkle chili powder!"

Wen Yang nodded, and together with Lin Xi, they pulled the door open a small crack.

The puppet outside the door immediately lunged towards the crack, letting out a low growl.

"Shoot!" Lin Xi shouted.

Everyone immediately threw the chili powder they were holding out of the crack.

The intense, spicy aroma instantly filled the air, and the puppets outside the door let out painful roars and retreated, clearly very sensitive to the smell of chili peppers.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Xi and Wen Yang slammed the warehouse door shut and then propped it up again with wooden sticks and sacks.

The puppet outside the door was still banging on the door, but the force was significantly reduced, and the frequency of the banging was getting slower and slower. It was clear that it had lost its ability to attack after being choked by the chili powder.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness... Luckily we found the chili peppers, otherwise we would have been finished this time." Zhang Yutong patted his chest and said with lingering fear.

Old Chen nodded and said, "These puppets aren't afraid of pain, but they are very sensitive to the taste of chili peppers, which is their fatal weakness. With chili peppers, we can temporarily drive them away. However, we can't stay here for long. Once some of the puppets outside have dispersed, we'll leave quickly and head to the well."

Lin Xi stood up, walked to the warehouse door, and looked out through the crack in the door.

The puppets outside had retreated to the end of the corridor and were still struggling, clearly not completely gone yet.

"They won't leave anytime soon, so let's rest here for a bit and recover our strength. Once they quiet down a bit, we'll take the opportunity to rush out."

Everyone nodded and leaned against the goods in the warehouse to rest.

Although the air inside the warehouse was humid and stuffy, it was at least safe for the time being.

Moreover, there was nothing disgusting about it.

Lin Xi took out a bottle of water and drank it.

Others also took water or ate to replenish their energy.

--Oh My God!

—That was so thrilling! It looked like there were so many puppets!
—Luckily, we found chili peppers!

Otherwise, we might all be in trouble!

—They still won't let us pass the game directly, otherwise 123 would definitely lead everyone to pass it directly.

—This warehouse doesn't look very safe either. What if the puppets get in from somewhere else?
Yu Chen's gaze fell on the corner of the warehouse.

“Look, what’s that over there?” Wen Yang immediately stood up and walked over there, not forgetting to flatter Yu Chen as he went.

"Yu Chen, you're amazing! I just shone my flashlight on it and I still couldn't see it."

"Be careful," Yu Chen instructed.

Huang Jingjing leaned close to Lin Xi's ear and whispered.

"How did he end up with you guys?"

"I'll talk to you outside," Lin Xi said softly.

Huang Jingjing nodded.

Wen Yang quickly brought over something whose material was hard to discern; it looked like paper, but also like some kind of leather.

The edges are yellowed and damaged, and the simple layout of the farm is marked on it in red pen.

"It looks like a map," Wen Yang said.

"Great! Quickly, let's see if there's a well nearby," Wen Xiaoya interjected.

Wen Yang handed the map to Yu Chen and used a flashlight to illuminate it for her.

Yu Chen unfolded the map and laid it on the ground, then used the beam of Wen Yang's flashlight to trace the markings on it.

“Look, this is marked ‘Well’. It’s in the northwest corner of the farm, not too far from where we are now, but we have to go through a dense area of ​​fungi.”

Old Chen leaned closer for a closer look, his brow furrowing slightly: "The fungal area is the blue-green bioluminescent bacteria we saw before. Could those things be dangerous?"

“It’s hard to say, but we have no other choice right now,” Yu Chen replied. “We don’t know how long the puppets’ tolerance to chili peppers will last. We must rush out as soon as possible before they regain their mobility.”

Old Chen weighed the metal baton in his hand.

"I agree. The sooner we find the purified spring, the sooner we can rescue our first companion. The more people we have, the more strength we have."

Everyone quickly packed up their things. Lin Xi asked everyone to gather the remaining chili powder, divide it into two bags, and have the stronger Lao Chen and Wen Yang carry them. He then checked the weapons and equipment again.

—Are there any traps in the fungus section?
—Those plants were all so strange.

—Of course it will happen again, do you even need to think about it?
What if the puppet catches up with us?
—Isn't there some chili powder left?

—But it seems there aren't many left.

—Hopefully the well really does produce purified water, and it's not just another misleading clue.

—123 Their luck shouldn't be too bad!

Lin Xi thought of something.

"Ask Xin Xin if he still wants to come. He can make copies and give us some chili powder."

“You just said you didn’t need him.” Huang Jingjing smiled and took out her phone to send a message.

"Can your cell phones be used here?" a young man asked.

"Items given as a reward from the dungeon," Lin Xi replied.

No sooner had they finished speaking than Guo Yuelang appeared in front of them.

"If you don't call me soon, I'll be clearing the game," Guo Yuelang said with a smile.

"It seems your dungeons are quite easy."

"You... can travel between instances?" Wen Xiaoya asked.

Lin Xi glanced at Wen Xiaoya.

That's quite a long reaction time; I only just remembered to ask.

Of course, I probably wasn't in the mood to ask just now, since this dungeon is so disgusting.

(End of this chapter)